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New dev blog: Introducing New Nebulae into EVE

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CCP Guard
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2011-11-03 17:13:24 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Guard
CCP t0rfifrans tells us all about the new nebulae in his latest dev blog. And he's got amazing pictures to go along with it!

Enjoy!

CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer | @CCP_Guard
Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#2 - 2011-11-03 17:16:39 UTC
How soon on SISI...??? Looking great btw... :)))
Crazy KSK
Tsunami Cartel
#3 - 2011-11-03 17:16:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Crazy KSK
Cat approves +1

Edit: oh yes, would be awesome if you could make some wallpapers with the new nebulae =)

Quote CCP Fozzie: ... The days of balance and forget are over.
Spujax
Team Pizza
Good at this Game
#4 - 2011-11-03 17:17:32 UTC
When will wormholes be getting this makeover?
Mors Sanctitatis
Death of Virtue
#5 - 2011-11-03 17:17:45 UTC
Dammit! Missed "first" because I had to log in lol. Nice nebulae.

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Apollo Gabriel
Kill'em all. Let Bob sort'em out.
Ushra'Khan
#6 - 2011-11-03 17:18:29 UTC
Well done CCP, I think wormhole explo will be more fun too as you'll have an idea where you wh exits go in HS before you jump!
Always ... Never ... Forget to check your references.   Peace out Zulu! Hope you land well!
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#7 - 2011-11-03 17:19:24 UTC
PWEEEZE SiSI?!

The Drake is a Lie
Ender Sai
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2011-11-03 17:22:24 UTC
This sounds awesome.

Also, +1 for a very well written dev blog. I am made for the happiness.

How will the new effects gel with the older ship models though?

I'm sure the nebulae + new ship shaders + new ships will look winsauce. :D
Anvil44
Avedis Corporation
The Vanguard Syndicate
#9 - 2011-11-03 17:22:27 UTC
Quote:
Hisec will be warmer and more saturated. Not because there are rainbows there and it’s the Kingdom of Caring.


Made me really laugh out loud. Looks and sounds good.

I may not like you or your point of view but you have a right to voice it.
CCP Guard
C C P
C C P Alliance
#10 - 2011-11-03 17:25:01 UTC
Ender Sai wrote:
This sounds awesome.

Also, +1 for a very well written dev blog. I am made for the happiness.

How will the new effects gel with the older ship models though?

I'm sure the nebulae + new ship shaders + new ships will look winsauce. :D


They might do just that ;). But we want confirmation from you guys so once the SiSi build is up (tonight or tomorrow), let us know!

CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer | @CCP_Guard
Metis Laxon
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2011-11-03 17:25:55 UTC
Beautiful work!
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#12 - 2011-11-03 17:29:09 UTC
Dark space in my EVE, I approve whole heartedly. Now all that remains is for you to make it so, that the star significantly dims when you get further away from it within a system. I'd like to feel that I'm flying inside an actual star system at great speeds and moving large distances, instead of moving within a small room with a single static lightbulb in the middle of it.
Razin
The Scope
#13 - 2011-11-03 17:29:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Razin
Excellent work!

Why are the screenshots at such a low resolution? What's wrong with 1920x1200??

Edit:
Quote:
Lowsec and nullsec are dark and scary

Thanks for this!
Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#14 - 2011-11-03 17:30:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Hiram Alexander
CCP Guard wrote:
Ender Sai wrote:
This sounds awesome.

Also, +1 for a very well written dev blog. I am made for the happiness.

How will the new effects gel with the older ship models though?

I'm sure the nebulae + new ship shaders + new ships will look winsauce. :D


They might do just that ;). But we want confirmation from you guys so once the SiSi build is up (tonight or tomorrow), let us know!

Sounds excellent.

I'm curious about the V3 project though, and this might be a good time to ask...

Way-back-when.... there was talk, that when the new shader system came around, it might be possible to have your ship reflect a certain amount of 'planet light', as well as that from nebulae -- for example, a reddish tinge on the side nearest a lava planet, etc... Do you think that'd be possible?
Illectroculus Defined
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2011-11-03 17:30:42 UTC
Looking great, but I have a couple of suggestions:
Within a region you can still generate some feel of differentiation between systems by warping the coordinate space of the skybox, this is a trivial thing to do with existing shaders.

Can we fix the gates orientation in space so that they appear to jump in the direction of the destination system - right now every gate points the same direction.

Are the stars painted onto the nebula texture? Are the constelations going to be static within a region?
Hungry Eyes
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2011-11-03 17:31:39 UTC
oh **** son, this looks amazing. the art dept really has their stuff together.

now please...lets get that hybrid buff and gallente ships right. listen to the players.
Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#17 - 2011-11-03 17:32:38 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
Dark space in my EVE, I approve whole heartedly. Now all that remains is for you to make it so, that the star significantly dims when you get further away from it within a system. I'd like to feel that I'm flying inside an actual star system at great speeds and moving large distances, instead of moving within a small room with a single static lightbulb in the middle of it.

Hell yes. 'Space is too small' - or at least, it *feels* that way to a lot of people... so, bringing in a change like that would even help solar systems themselves to feel that good-bit bigger... That, for me, would be the perfect addition...
Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2011-11-03 17:33:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Grukni
Great Job!

I'm somewhat and somehow disappointed of the granularity chosen for each unique backdrop. Region based granularity seems too big for my taste. At first I thought you would notice the changes in the position of nebulae at a solar system basis, each time you jump from an stargate to an other.
Nirnaeth Ornoediad
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#19 - 2011-11-03 17:33:31 UTC
I think this will help newer players out a lot. I know I consistently had the "where the heck am I" feeling for the first few weeks, and even now on long trips will suddenly look up and go, "oh, I'm in Amarr space" or whatever.

How will Factional Warfare space be colored?

Fix POSes.  Every player should want one (even if all players can't have one).
Komen
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2011-11-03 17:34:30 UTC
Good lookin'.

Also, damn Hiram, what, you sit around and F5 all day for new blogs? First page on the last several.
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